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Marvin writes from Birmingham, Alabama to say he's seeing food prices increase:

I have seen price increases at Walmart, McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, etc. Unfortunately I eat a lot of junk food. So the last couple of weeks when I have gone to my local grocery store (Bruno's, or Walmart Superstore) to buy these items I noticed they have gone up from 15-20%. I am referring to chips, soda (pop), ice-cream, etc. For example you could get 2 liter coke or Fanta from Walmart for $0.99, but now it's $1.25 at Walmart, and $1.59 at Bruno's with a $0.09 savings with loyalty card. I could get Cheeto's chips for about 1.68 at Walmart, now they have gone up to $2.50 in both Bruno's and Walmart. And for the fast food places, Wendy's and McDonald's, I notice they still have a few items on the value menu, however, other items that were pretty low, have gone up in price a couple of times since the summer, like the prices of fries and shakes, and drinks. The fast food price increases really made me scratch my head. I understand that Coke-type products (Frito-lay, Fanta, etc may all be owned by the same parent company). But I just don't understand any price increase especially during this time of economic crisis.

Anyone else?

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